Man: Where, Whence, And Whither, Being a Glance At Man in His Natural-History Relations
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And even where no uncertainty need be, historical facts are so fre- quently obscured by traditional beliefs that it is often impossible to separate the real from the unreliable.
" In the history of ancient nations," as has been truly remarked by Sir J. G&,rdner Wilkinson, "the early portion usually consists of mere fable, either from real events having been clothed in an allegorical garb, or from the substitution of purely fanciful tales for facts in consequence of the deficiency of real data ;... to this succeeds an era when, as manners and habits HIS HISTORICAL RELATIONS. 107 become settled, amidst fable and allegory, some de- scriptions of actual events are introduced ; and, at length, history, assuming the exalted character that becomes it, is contented with the simple narration of fact, and fable is totally discarded. But such is the disposition ia the human mind to believe the mira- culous, that, even at a period when no one would dare to introduce a tale of wonder unsupported by ex- perience, credit still continues to be attached to the traditions of early history, as though the sanction of antiquity were sufficient to entitle impossibilities to implicit beUef "* Where fable, fact, and allegory get so commingled, it will be readily seen how little, either direct or suggestive, can be drawn from the historical element of our iuquiry.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And even where no uncertainty need be, historical facts are so fre- quently obscured by traditional beliefs that it is often impossible to separate the real from the unreliable.
" In the history of ancient nations," as has been truly remarked by Sir J. G&,rdner Wilkinson, "the early portion usually consists of mere fable, either from real events having been clothed in an allegorical garb, or from the substitution of purely fanciful tales for facts in consequence of the deficiency of real data ;... to this succeeds an era when, as manners and habits HIS HISTORICAL RELATIONS. 107 become settled, amidst fable and allegory, some de- scriptions of actual events are introduced ; and, at length, history, assuming the exalted character that becomes it, is contented with the simple narration of fact, and fable is totally discarded. But such is the disposition ia the human mind to believe the mira- culous, that, even at a period when no one would dare to introduce a tale of wonder unsupported by ex- perience, credit still continues to be attached to the traditions of early history, as though the sanction of antiquity were sufficient to entitle impossibilities to implicit beUef "* Where fable, fact, and allegory get so commingled, it will be readily seen how little, either direct or suggestive, can be drawn from the historical element of our iuquiry.
What to read after Man: Where, Whence, And Whither, Being a Glance At Man in His Natural-History Relations?
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